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Chapter 627 After the War (Part 1)

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    But Wen Shuren, commander of the Bohai Fleet of the Zhili Army, was not aware of the changes on land and was still wandering at sea.

    Because the Fengtian faction also has a navy, the Northeast River Defense Fleet led by Song Changzhi is patrolling Yingkou and Huludao, and there are huge cannons on the shore. The Zhizhi Army fleet full of troops does not dare to attack the Fengjun army rashly, because the Jiangfang Defense Fleet has more light and fast ships.  Once the destroyer breaks through the defense line, the entire maritime brigade will be in danger.

    "The director of the Northeast Coast Guard Shen Honglie ordered a large number of mines to be laid on several key sea areas. Wen Shuren hesitated and decided to give up the attack.

    On the way back near Tianjin, Wen Shuren received multiple telegrams with confusing contents one after another. Wen Shuren was at a loss as to what to do and had no choice but to return directly to Qingdao, the fleet's home base, to wait for the news.  After it was confirmed that Wu Peifu would go out, he had no choice but to surrender to Zhang Zongchang who had reoccupied Shandong!

    The reason for this decision is that looking at the entire coast of China, there is no place to stay!

    North of Tianjin is the territory of Fengjun, Jiangsu is at war, Shanghai is traditionally under the control of the Anhui clique, Fujian lacks military ports, and Guangdong is the territory of the People's Army.  Only Shandong has neither the surname Zhi nor the surname Wan, and one of the main ports of the Bohai Fleet is Qingdao.

    Zhang Zongchang, who was so lucky, got the most powerful fleet in China at that time without spending a penny!  You must know that the Bohai Fleet at this time was regarded as the central navy of the Republic of China. After withdrawing from Guangdong last year, it had many large ships such as the cruiser "Haiqi", "Haichen", "Zhaohe" and the destroyer "Tong'an". The most important thing  The best thing is that it has a complete range of categories.

    But Zhang Hanqing had no time to stare at the fleet. Although it was absurd, because there were so many things on the battlefield, he could only approach them one by one.  As soon as Wu Peifu announced a ceasefire, Zhang Hanqing quickly ordered the Fengjun and People's Army in Jixian, Tianjin, Zhangyuan, Zhengzhou and other fronts to accept the surrender of their weapons by the Zhili Army on the spot.

    Wu Peifu of the Luoyang clique, the most powerful militarily Zhili clique, was defeated, Cao Kun of the Baoding clique, the boss, was imprisoned, and Wang Chengbin of the Tianjin clique rebelled. The Zhili clique, which had dominated the Republic of China for many years, quickly withdrew from the stage of history.  Different from the official history, Wu Peifu did not go to Hunan first but went directly to Yang Sen in Sichuan after he left the field, because Hunan was already the territory of the People's Army at this time.

    In this battle, Wu Peifu lost not in the military, but in the political battle.  He is still one of the most talented military commanders among the Beiyang warlords. Many people have advised the young marshal to either keep him or kill him. In short, they should not give him a chance to make a comeback.

    But Zhang Hanqing doesn¡¯t care.  After a series of major strategic battles, he has fully matured into a qualified politician and military strategist.  When the powerful Zhili was there, Wu Peifu lost. Now there is no soil in the world for Wu to have a chance to prosper again.  As for the machinations, screw them.

    The young marshal just said softly: "I don't care about other people's intentions, I only care about their strength." If Wu Peifu wants to leave, then go ahead. He even told the People's Army: "It's going to rain, mother.  Let him get married!"

    He also used a very humorous poem to say goodbye to Wu Peifu:

    "A heart of ice is in a jade pot,

    I see off my guests in the Ming Dynasty.

    Relatives and friends in Luoyang ask each other,

    The cold rain came into Wu at night.  "

    Not a word of the quoted poem has been changed, only the order has been reversed, so that Wu Peifu's loss can be appropriately expressed.

    When Wu Peifu fled south to Jiangsu on the Jinpu Line, Zhang Zongchang, who was busy taking over the direct navy, actually let the big fish go.  When Sun Yue's National Army pursued them to Shandong, Zhang Zongchang, who had recovered his nerve, said nothing and would not let the National Army enter Shandong.

    This is a pity for the National Army, which is bent on making great achievements again.

    The biggest winner in this battle is definitely the Feng system.  About 50,000 people from its four divisions in Henan surrendered to the People's Army; in the north, Fengjun received a total of about 120,000 remnants from nine divisions.

    As for Feng Yuxiang and Sun Yue, because they were far away from the battlefield, they only controlled some miscellaneous soldiers in Beijing, each with about 10,000 people.  A total of nearly 30,000 Zhili troops were wiped out in this battle, and some officers and soldiers were missing or fled the battlefield.

    In the central government, there is no force that can stop the Feng faction from dominating the political situation, not even Sun Yat-sen.  Zhang Zuolin rushed to Qinhuangdao from Shenyang in great excitement, preparing to reorganize the government and went into battle naked.

    By the end of 1923, the total mileage of railways under the Fengcian clique was approximately 9,000 kilometers. Except for those outside the customs where it had absolute control, all important railways at the time were controlled within the customs, such as the Beijing-Hankou Railway, Jinpu Railway, Jiaoji Railway, etc., and connected  The two major north-south and east-west trunk lines, the Guangdong-Han and Longhai lines, are under construction respectively.

    Financially speaking, tax revenue has reached 1.41 billion yuan, which is 86% of Japan's during the same period.  Administratively?It has completely occupied 17 provinces including Feng, Ji, Hei, Xing, Mongolia, Re, Sui, Cha, Gan, Shaan, Ning, Qing, Hubei, Anhui, Hunan, Jiangxi, and Guangdong, and it also nominally controls Xinjiang.  , actually occupies the entire territory of Tianjin and Anhui, and accounts for more than half of the country's population.

    Militarily, after defeating more than 200,000 elite troops of the Zhili Clan, the number of soldiers and horses of various factions entrenched in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai is now less than 100,000.  There are tens of thousands of people in Shanxi and tens of thousands in Beijing. Even if other departments unite, they will only be less than half of the Fengjun and People's Army.  The powerful Zhili clique can only act in a different way and dare not face it directly, let alone a loose alliance?

    Even Sun Liechen and others believe that they can now directly control the political power through cliques without worrying about the opinions of all parties.  In politics, strength still has to speak for itself.

    At this moment, the Feng Clique was also intoxicated by this huge victory. Zhang Zuolin basically believed that the Feng Clique had secured the world.  Just imagine, the Anhui and Zhili cliques among the three once-famous Beiyang cliques have successively surrendered to the Feng clique. Which force in the world can compete with itself again?  Regarding Feng Yuxiang's move to close the city of Beijing and refuse Fengjun's entry, he almost issued an order asking Fengjun to attack forward.

    Feng Yuxiang and Sun Yue only have two armies in Beijing. They consider themselves to be the biggest contributors to this anti-straight movement, and they all firmly regard Sun Yixian as their guide.  As soon as the Zhili Clique was defeated, Feng Yuxiang quickly claimed to change his headquarters to the National Army of the Republic of China and called on all walks of life to ask Sun Yat-sen to take charge.

    He had a good idea: take advantage of the new defeat of the Zhili Army to let Sun Yat-sen enter Beijing to take charge of the overall situation. At this time, the competition is all about quick legs and feet.  Although the Feng faction has the upper hand, they have to rely on the National Army in Beijing.  Coupled with Sun Yat-sen's prestige, the formation of the cabinet in advance became a fait accompli, and the understanding and alliance would not resort to violence again. This would inevitably cause a backlash from all parties and was inconsistent with the mainstream desire for peace by all parties in the country.

    The situation now formed is that Feng Yuxiang's troops control the city of Beijing, while Feng Jun controls the overall situation on the periphery.  With Fengjun's current strength, it is easy to enter the city of Beijing and fight against the inferior "rebellion army" to conquer the world, but it seems that he has no name.

    Feng Yuxiang just wanted to use this disgusting thing to get into the Fengxian clan, but he didn't know that he almost caused a new war.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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